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TED: Van Jones at TED: The Ancient Intelligence We Need to Survive the AI Age

July 24, 2026

Van Jones at TED: The Ancient Intelligence We Need to Survive the AI Age

Van Jones took a TED stage to ask whether the civilization being built by AI

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Robin Schulz: Robin Schulz Drops the Official Music Video for 'Sugar' and It Is Exactly As Addictive As the Song

July 24, 2026

Robin Schulz Drops the Official Music Video for ‘Sugar’ and It Is Exactly As Addictive As the Song

Robin Schulz and Francesco Yates built 'Sugar' to feel like a warning you receive one

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TED: A Former Capitol Hill Staffer Reveals Why One Email Can Change a Bill

July 24, 2026

A Former Capitol Hill Staffer Reveals Why One Email Can Change a Bill

A former Capitol Hill chief of staff explains how a single constituent email landed a

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TED: 2 Million IQ Points Lost Every Single Day: Drew McCartor's Plan to Stop Lead Poisoning

July 24, 2026

2 Million IQ Points Lost Every Single Day: Drew McCartor’s Plan to Stop Lead Poisoning

Drew McCartor of Pure Earth estimates that lead silently robs the world of more than

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July 24, 2026

Patrick Stewart Turns 86: From a Poverty-Stricken Yorkshire Childhood to Captain Picard

Patrick Stewart turns 86 today - the Yorkshire-born actor who grew up in poverty went

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Good Blood: The Secret Language Hidden in Harry Potter's Music That Most Fans Never Noticed

July 24, 2026

The Secret Language Hidden in Harry Potter’s Music That Most Fans Never Noticed

Across ten years and five composers, the Harry Potter film series hid an intricate musical

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Bob Ross: Bob Ross Promised Anyone Could Paint. Millions of People Believed Him.

July 24, 2026

Bob Ross Promised Anyone Could Paint. Millions of People Believed Him.

Bob Ross turned a thousand dollars, a permed haircut, and a wet-on-wet painting technique into

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Bedtime History: Mae Jemison Dreamed of Space as a Girl at Summer Camp. Then She Flew There.

July 23, 2026

Mae Jemison Dreamed of Space as a Girl at Summer Camp. Then She Flew There.

Mae Jemison grew up watching the Apollo missions from Chicago, never seeing anyone who looked

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Olga Loiek: Your Brain Didn't Lose Curiosity. It Got Hijacked. Here's the Neuroscience Fix.

July 23, 2026

Your Brain Didn’t Lose Curiosity. It Got Hijacked. Here’s the Neuroscience Fix.

Olga Loiek, a computation and cognitive science student at the University of Pennsylvania, breaks down

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Chihuly Studio: Dale Chihuly's 25 Chandeliers That Nobody Wanted (Until Everyone Did)

July 22, 2026

Dale Chihuly’s 25 Chandeliers That Nobody Wanted (Until Everyone Did)

Dale Chihuly made 25 chandeliers and could not sell a single one. Then the world

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Chihuly Studio: Dale Chihuly Started With a Hardware Store Pipe and a Picture on a Wall

July 22, 2026

Dale Chihuly Started With a Hardware Store Pipe and a Picture on a Wall

Dale Chihuly blew his first glass bubble with an iron pipe from a hardware store,

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Greg Lav: Bloom CEO Greg Lav's Lessons From Building a Half-Billion-Dollar Company Before 31

July 22, 2026

Bloom CEO Greg LaVecchia’s Lessons From Building a Half-Billion-Dollar Company Before 31

Bloom CEO Greg LaVecchia built a company heading toward half a billion dollars in annual

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